Academic History
B.S. University of Illinois, 1961, Chemical Engineering.
Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley, 1964, Chemical Engineering Dissertation: "Sticking Probability of Oxygen on Germanium."
NSF Post-doctoral Fellow in Laboratories of Dr. Carl Wagner, Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany, September 1964 - September 1965.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, September 1, 1965 - August 31, 1972.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, September 1, 1972 - August 31, 1977.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, September 1, 1977 - present.
Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, September 1, 1983 - August 31, 1987.
Professor of Chemistry (by courtesy), Stanford University, September 1, 1981 - present.
Charles Lee Powell Professor in the School of Engineering, September 1, 1995 - present.
Professional Honors
Stanford University Ford Foundation Fellow, 1969 - 1972.
Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award of the Federal Republic of Germany, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Munich, 1978.
Distinguished Professor Lectureship, University of Texas, Austin, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, August 1980.
Irving Langmuir Distinguished Lectureship Award, Colloid and Surface Science Division of the American Chemical Society, August 1981.
Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, Catalysis Society of North America, 1983.
Peter Debye Lectureship, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, October 1985.
George C. A. Schuit Lectureship, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, October 1990.
Alpha Chi Sigma Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1990.
Eyring Lectureship in Chemistry, Arizona State University, 1990.
Barnett F. Dodge Lectureship, Yale University, October 1996.
The Walter Robb Distinguished Lecture Series, The Pennsylvania State University, November 1996.
Arthur Adamson Award in Surface Chemistry, American Chemical Society, April 1997.
Henry J. Albert Award, International Precious Metals Institute, June 1997.
Professional Activities
Secretary, California Catalysis Society, 1968-70.
Executive Board, Surface Science Division of the American Vacuum Society, 1972-73, 1977-78.
Editorial Board - International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 1975-85.
Physical Electronics Conference Committee, 1976-79.
National Academy of Sciences, National Bureau of Standards Review Panel 1979-82.
AFOSR Chemical Sciences Research Review Panel 1981-85.
Editorial Board - Langmuir 1984-87.
Editorial Board - J. Phys. Chem. 1985-88.
Editorial Board - J. Mol. Cat. 1985-Present.
Associate Editor - Catalysis Reviews 1986-Present.
Co-organizer, ACS Biennial Inorganic Chemistry Symposium, July, 1987.
Organizer, Garvan Symposium, American Chemical Society, 1991.
Editorial Board - Catalysis Letters 1992-Present.
Editorial Board - Chemical Reaction Intermediates, 1994-Present.
Vice-Chairman, Gordon Conference on Reactions on Surfaces, 1993.
Chairman, ACS Symposium on Molecular Processes on Surfaces, Spring 1994.
Co-Chairman, The 68th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Catalysis Symposium, June 1994.
Chairman, Gordon Conference on Reactions on Surfaces, 1995.
Previously consulted for
B. F. Goodrich
General Motors Research
ICI Chemicals, Runcorn, England
Monsanto Chemical, St. Louis, MO
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX
Major University Services
Co-Founder and Administrative Policy Board of the Stanford Community Coffee House, 1966-69.
Administration of the Ford Foundation Grant for Innovation in Education at Stanford; University Fellows Executive Committee, 1969-70.
Co-Founder and Policy Board Member of the Student Center for Innovation in Research and Education at Stanford. 1970.
Academic Senator, Stanford University, 1982-84.
Chairman, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 1983-87
Publications and Presentations
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